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Articles 16521 through 16620 of 27135:
- Poetic Justice In Santiago (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 25, 2006)
For some Chileans the Pinochet era finally came to an end not when the wily old general left the presidency in 1990, after losing a referendum that had been designed to lend legitimacy to his dastardly regime as well as to extend its tenure, . . .
- Not The Right Approach (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 25, 2006)
The way America is fighting its war on terrorism in the tribal areas of Pakistan is stupefying. Its methods are alienating far too many people in this country and thus creating problems for President Pervez Musharraf.
- Opposition Denied Its Due Role (Pakistan Observer, Editorial, Pakistan Observer, Jan 25, 2006)
Opposition leaders were on Monday barred from visiting the Damadola village in Bajaur Agency, the scene of the January 13 US missile attack. Their convoy was stopped at Ekkaghund levy post of Mohmand Agency to restrain them from entering the Tribal Areas.
- `Religious Terrorism A Threat To Security' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
Religious terrorism is posing a threat to national security, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) pranth karyavahak A.R. Mohanan has said.
- Balochistan: The India Factor (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
The Indian Foreign Ministry official’s statement that India is “concerned about the events in Balochistan” and B Raman’s article appearing on the RAW motivated website South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG) need to be read in context.
- Spying Game Still Thriving (Hindu, Nick Paton Walsh, Jan 25, 2006)
Left near a tree on a nondescript street on the outskirts of Moscow, the fake rock at the centre of the most embarrassing espionage scandal between Britain and Russia since the end of the Cold War looks innocuous enough.
- In Dealing With Iran, No Method Is Sure, But Save Combat For Last (Christian Science Monitor, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 25, 2006)
Iran now looms as one of the Bush administration's most difficult foreign policy challenges.
- Don't Go Wobbly On Iran (Boston Globe, Editorial, Boston Globe, Jan 25, 2006)
''It is not on the table. It is not on the agenda. I happen to think it is inconceivable."
- A Workable Compromise (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 24, 2006)
The week-end Indo-US talks on a resumption of nuclear supplies ran into difficulties over India’s separation of defence and civilian nuclear facilities.
- Afghanistan Cautions On Chirac’S Nuclear Threat (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday cautioned against the use of nuclear arms against terrorism, after French President Jacques Chirac’s threat of a nuclear response to terror strikes.
- Minimum Credible Deterrence (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has said that Pakistan is a peaceful country, but we will not be bullied by any other nation. Addressing Pakistanis in New York on Friday, he said that Pakistan’s defence strategy is based on credible nuclear deterrent.
- Deadlock Ends As French ‘Asbestos’ Ship Heads To India (News International, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
A decommissioned French aircraft carrier has entered the Suez canal after a 10-day controversy over fears its asbestos insulation posed an environmental hazard, the canal authority said on Monday.
- India, China And The Asian Axis Of Oil (Hindu, Siddharth Varadarajan, Jan 24, 2006)
The new Sino-Indian partnership could serve as the foundation for an Asian Energy Union and much more.
- Gowda Does U-Turn, Backs Son (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Attempts were made to keep Mr Kumaraswamy’s visit a hush-hush one but the media got wind of it when the JD(S) working president arrived in Hubli from Goa, ostensibly en route to Hyderabad.
- Nepal King Shows True Colours (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 24, 2006)
By arresting prominent politicians from democratic parties and bringing in other restrictions on political activity through a sudden countrywide emergency, King Gyanendra of Nepal has acted true to type.
- Sri Lankan Government Will Not Start War: Jvp Mp (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jan 24, 2006)
"We are for finding a solution through talks. That is our first way"
"Without democracy and a multi-party system in the northern and eastern provinces, there can be no permanent solution to the Sri Lankan national question"
- 2006 To Be 'Friendship Year' For India, China (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Putting behind the past of uneasy ties, India and China will commemorate 2006 as 'Friendship Year' to forge closeness through a series of events, including operationalisation of border trade through Nathu La besides high-level visits and exchanges . . .
- When Will Eu Denuclearize? (Dawn, Syed Sikander Mehdi, Jan 24, 2006)
THERE is no nuclear bomb on Iranian soil. Even the worst foes of the Islamic Republic agree that Iran does not have a bomb.
- A General’S Dishonour (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 24, 2006)
BY invoking his right to avoid self-incrimination, Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller of the US army has avoided a much-needed cross-examination of his role in the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
- Criminals Who Got Away (Dawn, Ljiljana Smajlovic, Jan 24, 2006)
The West blames the East, the East blames circumstances. Meanwhile, Europe’s two most-wanted men — indicted Bosnian Serb war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic — have for the last 10 years freely roamed impoverished Bosnia-Herzegovina and . . .
- Threat To Quit Safta (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Jan 24, 2006)
There are some troubling indications that Islamabad may be contemplating pulling out of the South Asia Free Trade Area (Safta). That would be very unfortunate from Pakistan’s perspective. It would do little damage to India, but it would be a
- Bush’S White House: Trapped In A Cocoon (Dawn, Kurt Jacobsen and Sayeed Hasan Khan, Jan 24, 2006)
'Desperate' is not a word found in the White House vocabulary even though one may be forgiven for detecting that George W. Bush and his handlers have acted ever more desperately through the last dismaying year.
- No Alternative To Dialogue (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
The guns reportedly fell silent in Balochistan on Sunday. Given the fact that no truce has been agreed upon formally by the two sides, one cannot be sure that the fighting will not start again.
- Iaf Not To Fly `Dhruv' On R-Day (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Jan 24, 2006)
Despite a security clearance from HAL, the indigenously built helicopter will not be part of the January 26 celebrations in the Capital
- 3 Sri Lankan Soldiers Killed In Rebel Attack (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Government officials have said they are willing to be flexible on the choice of a venue, whereas the Tigers are insisting on Oslo.
- Chirac’S Indiscretion (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Jan 24, 2006)
Iran has reacted strongly to President Jacques Chirac’s unfortunate statement about using nuclear weapons.
- Saiva Hagiology (Hindu, V. GNANASUNDARAM, Jan 24, 2006)
This Book is a documentation of one of the three Saiva saints namely Sundarar or Nambi Aruran based on the Periya Puranam.
- Saudi Arabia, India Joint Declaration Likely (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Saudi King to visit India from January 24 to 27
India and Saudi Arabia are expected to issue a joint declaration during the State visit of King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz from January 24 to 27, sources in the Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday.
- Prospects For Convergence (Hindu, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Jan 24, 2006)
Examines the areas of comprehensive security and convergence between India and the ASEAN
- Sri Lanka's Tigers Are Reprehensible, Says U.S. Enovy (Reuters, Peter Apps, Jan 24, 2006)
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels will never have a relationship with the United States unless they cease violence, a top U.S. official said on Monday, saying they were a "reprehensible terrorist group".
- Pakistan Said Aiming To Improve Anti-Terror Response (Reuters, Carol Giacomo, Jan 24, 2006)
Pakistan is building roads and improving communications in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan in an effort to develop a round-the-clock capability to hunt militants there, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Monday
- Bangladesh To Cooperate With Us In Anti-Terror War (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Bangladesh is ready to cooperate with the United States on counter-terrorism measures following a series of deadly blasts linked to a banned religious group, Foreign Minister Morshed Khan said on Sunday.
- Iaea, Rebuffing West, Rules Out Early Iran Report (Reuters, MARK HEINRICH, Jan 24, 2006)
The International Atomic Energy Agency chief ruled out advancing a wide-ranging report on Iran's disputed nuclear work in time for a Feb. 2 IAEA crisis meeting, dealing a setback to U.S.-EU efforts to crack down on Tehran.
- Six Bangladeshis Shot Dead By Police In Village Clash (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
At least six people were shot dead by police and 100 wounded in clashes in northwest Bangladesh on Monday following the arrest of three village leaders, police said.
- N-Capping Fears Unreal (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Jan 24, 2006)
One of the bogeys raised by those who want to mire India in the status quo of technology thraldom and prevent the Indo-US agreement on exceptionalisation from the NPT to go through is that this is an attempt to cap our credible minimum nuclear deterrent.
- Indo-Pak Dialogue May Figure In Bush-Aziz Talks (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
The US-Pak bilateral ties and the ongoing Indo-Pak dialogue process are expected to figure during talks visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz would have with President George W Bush tomorrow.
- Pak Authorities Prevent Islamists From Visiting Tribal Region (Press Trust of India, K J M Varma, Jan 24, 2006)
Pakistani authorities today prevented hundreds of Islamic activists from heading towards the site of a deadly US missile attack in the tribal Bajur region as opposition leaders demanded the expulsion of the American ambassador to the country.
- We Share Destiny With Pakistan: Manmohan (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Jan 24, 2006)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday the well-being of Pakistan and all other neighbours was in India’s interests, but declared his government’s determination to defeat terrorism with all the forces at its command.
- Congress & Gandhis (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
The sighting of Rahul Gandhi as a “beacon of hope” at the AICC conclave has to be viewed in context.
- Gas As A Weapon (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 24, 2006)
Russia shows how it can be used
Russia used the first available opportunity provided by the freezing cold conditions in Europe to declare that it still has the capacity to protect its interests and that too through non-military means.
- Shaukat Raises Bajaur Issue With Rumsfeld (News International, Salim Bokhari, Jan 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld held detailed discussion at the Pentagon. The meeting scheduled for 30 minutes continued for nearly an hour.
- The Revolution And Its Children (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Given the political insouciance of Nepal’s political leaders, Jyoti Malhotra wonders if there is anything they could learn from India’s example
- Gendercide? India’S Population Distortion (Daily Times, Ishtiaq Ahmed, Jan 24, 2006)
Whereas in agrarian societies male children are preferred, until the late 20th century people could not actively choose the gender of their children. But now with the help of technology such as ultrasound they can translate that preference into a choice b
- Three Soldiers Killed In Lanka Blast Ahead Of Peace Move (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
At least three soldiers were killed and two others wounded in a powerful landmine attack in eastern Sri Lanka today as Norway's peace envoy arrived here to save the tottering truce, officials said.
- We Have Brought Peace To Kashmir: Pm (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 24, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the UPA Government had brought peace and security to the North-Eastern region, Jammu and Kashmir and other troubled regions, adding that he would try to go into the root causes of Naxalism in many parts of the....
- Don’T Allow Gains Of Peace Process To Go Waste: Mufti (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 24, 2006)
Hailing the bold initiatives taken by both India and Pakistan to work out a peaceful solution of the Kashmir issue, former Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today said that keeping in view the sensitivity of the situation, extra caution needs . . .
- Will Hm Learn? (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 24, 2006)
If we still feel for Hizbul Mujahideen it is because some of its visible faces are those of "boys" belonging to the State.
- Higher Technical Rducation In J&k (Daily Excelsior, O. N. Wakhlu, Jan 24, 2006)
The growth of higher technical education in Jammu and Kashmir, in the last four decades has been phenomenal. In the early thirties of the twentieth century the State had to hire Engineers from outside.
- Glitches Ahead (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 23, 2006)
Leading nuclear scientists in the country were a bit skeptical of the civilian nuclear cooperation agreement that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed with US President George W Bush on July 18.
- Atomic Lethargy (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jan 23, 2006)
The Indo-US nuke deal is a test: is a department bigger than the government?
- ‘Insurgency-Hit Afghanistan Faces A Long Fight’ (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
Afghanistan’s fight against militants behind a deadly insurgency will be a long-term battle, with an increase in attacks of great concern to NATO’s force here, the Italian army chief said Sunday.
- Nikkei Follows U.S. Lower, Yamaha Motor Slumps (Reuters, David Dolan, Jan 23, 2006)
The Nikkei share average slid 1.45 percent on Monday, as investors sold Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. and some other high-tech firms after U.S. shares were battered during Wall Street's biggest loss in nearly three years.
- Ohio Jury Recommends Life Without Parole For Indian (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
A jury in Ohio has recommended life in prison for a former Indian-American graduate, born in Kolkata,..
- Israel Warns Iran On Nuclear Option (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz warned that Israel will not tolerate a “nuclear option” for Iran, while reaffirming his commitment to diplomacy in the nuclear standoff.
- Longest Surviving Hizbul Ultra Surrenders In Doda (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
One of the longest surviving militant of Hizbul Mujahideen today surrendered before Doda police and Army while another ultra of the same outfit was gunned down in inter-gang rivalry by the LeT activists.
- Cong Asks Pak To Dismantle Terrorist Infrastructure (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Daily Excelsior, Jan 23, 2006)
The Congress today asked Islamabad to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure completely to fulfil the solemn commitment given by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf to then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in January 2004 that he would not allow his...
- Security Beefed-Up In Srinagar (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Jan 23, 2006)
In an effort to ensure a trouble free Republic Day, the city has been put under one of the tightest security regimens ever with the Bakshi stadium, the main venue of the celebrations, resembling a virtual fortress
- New Sri Lanka Attack Ahead Of Last-Ditch Peace Bid (Reuters, Simon Gardner, Jan 23, 2006)
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels ambushed and killed three soldiers in Sri Lanka's restive east on Monday, just as a Norwegian peace broker flew in to begin a last-ditch peace bid to avert a slide back into civil war.
- Sog Men Worked For Harkat, Bank Officials For Lashkar (Daily Excelsior, Ahmed Ali Fayyaz, Jan 23, 2006)
Days after Police unearthed the "coalition of terror" involving two councilors of the PDP and Congress parties in Srinagar, a deadlier Police-militant nexus has surfaced in Shopian area of south Kashmir.
- Elite J-K Cop Unit Nabs Its Own For Militant Links (Indian Express, MAJID JAHANGIR, Jan 23, 2006)
Sending a wake-up call to security forces in the Valley, the Special Operations Group (SOG), the elite counter insurgency unit of the J&K Police, have arrested two of their own members for links with Pakistani militants.
- On Pm-Saudi King Agenda: Terrorism, Defence, Energy (Indian Express, C Raja Mohan, Jan 23, 2006)
All the pomp surrounding the first visit by a Saudi King to India in half a century—planeloads of royalty accompanying the monarch and the pageantry of the Republic’s birthda...
- Perform Action As Duty (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
One desirous of following the tenets of Dharma, which is the cornerstone of all human engagement in the world, can learn it in three ways.
- Lalu’S Legacy (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jan 23, 2006)
Kidnapping had turned into an industry during the heyday of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, when the needle of suspicion pointed towards not only armed gangs but also their political masters and, in some cases, the police.
- Nuclear Brinkmanship: Iran Vs West (Pakistan Observer, Ghulam Sarwar, Jan 23, 2006)
Of late, tension between Iran and the West, has assumed alarming proportions, over the nuclear issue. War of wits between the contending parties in fast escalating and Iran’s adversaries are..
- Fearing War, Lanka Tamils Flee To India (Indian Express, JAYA MENON, Jan 23, 2006)
Around 2.30 am on Friday, Suryakumar landed on the Arichalmunai shores near the ghost village of Dhanushkodi. Fearing a fresh outbreak of conflict between the Sri Lankan Army and the LTTE, he had fled his native village, Thondamannar in Jaffna district,..
- Don’T Cross Your Limits, Cong Warns Left, Upa Partners (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Jan 23, 2006)
AICC Will aggressively confront and fight the Left in Kerala, Bengal and Tripura, says party
- India And Talks On The Nuclear Issue (Hindu, R. Ramachandran, Jan 23, 2006)
ACCORDING TO news reports following the recent round of discussions in New Delhi between India and the United States around the Indo-U.S.
- Writ Of The State Must Be Established (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
MISCREANTS reportedly fired as many as 38 rockets during Balochistan Governor Owais Ghani’s visit to Kohlu on Saturday. Meanwhile, 9 out of 15 Farari camps have been destroyed with about 55 miscreants’ casualties. FC Commandant Lt Col Naeem told newsmen..
- Rebel Violence Kills 21 In Nepal (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
New rebel violence killed at least 21 people in Nepal on Sunday, while political parties continued to defy a government crackdown on protests against King Gyanendra’s direct rule over the Himalayan kingdom.
- Indo-Lankan Economic Ties (Daily Excelsior, R C Rajamani, Jan 23, 2006)
Prolonged media preoccupation- on either side of the Palk Straits with the Tamil problem has created an erroneous impression that a solution to the ethnic issue is central to the growth of Indo-Sri Lanka ties.
- Only With Force (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 23, 2006)
The army in control of a curfew-bound city and its empty streets evoke images from a battle.
- Impolite Predictions (Telegraph, ASHOK MITRA , Jan 23, 2006)
The extent of Amartya Sen’s learning and the depth of his understanding of issues are now part of contemporary legend.
- Bush’S Asia Tour (Statesman, Harsh V Pant, Jan 23, 2006)
With the recent visit of the US President to Asia, the USA is once again trying to grapple with the momentous transformation that has taken place in global politics in the last few years.
- Self-Respect -- Key To Economic Growth (Daily Excelsior, Bharat Jhunjhunwala, Jan 23, 2006)
Mainstream economists hold that the provision of basic facilities like roads and capabilities like education and health to the people would lead to higher economic growth rates.
- 26 Killed As Rebels, Troops Clash In Nepal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
New rebel violence killed at least 26 persons in Nepal on Sunday, while political parties continued to defy a Government crackdown on protests against King Gyanendra's direct rule over the Himalayan kingdom
- Irrelevance Of The King (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jan 23, 2006)
The slogan, “Gyane Chor, Desh Chhod” (Gyanendra thief, leave the country), shows the distance the Nepalese people have travelled from venerating their monarch as the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Never before have they stood up to monarchy like this.
- Three Soldiers Killed In Sri Lanka Landmine Blast (Hindustan Times, PK Balachandran, Jan 23, 2006)
Three Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and three were injured in a claymore mine blast set off by the LTTE at Oorani on the Batticaloa-Valachenai road early on Monday, military spokesman Brig Prasad Samarasinghe said.
- Fast Breeding Confusion (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 23, 2006)
There is persistent misunderstanding about India-US relations today.
- Nepal’S Going Nowhere (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 23, 2006)
Round two, square one. That sums up the happenings in Nepal, as a dawn-to-dusk curfew and arrests hit Kathmandu.
- Series Of Blasts Rock Assam (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 23, 2006)
The outlawed ULFA went on with its offensives by triggering a series of blasts across Assam.
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